Ward gets life for shooting publican

"A pox on all your houses" was the comment of Frank Ward after he was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Patrick McCartan for shooting publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery three years ago.

Ward (aged 54) of Knockmore Avenue, Tallaght, made his comment after being asked by Judge McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court if he had anything to say following the imposition of the life sentence.